curatelle (kuratel)

[F., A very lowly curate I might perhaps e ay to rule; but a curate would be sure to get the better of me. Trollope , Bar chester Towers, xxi. curationt, n. [F. curation = Sp . curacion = Pg . cur ação = It. curazione, n- ), cure, healing, curare , pp. curat us , take care, cure: see cure, v.] Cure; healing. But I may not endure that thou dwelle In so unskilful an opynyon, That of thy wo is no curacion . Chaucer, Troilus, i. 791. The method of curation lately delivered by David Buck harns was approved by the profe ion of Leyden. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. curative (kūrā-tiv), a. and n. [F. curat if = Sp. Pg. It. curativo, II. n. That which cures or serves to cure; a remedy. curatively (kūrā-tiv-li), adv. In a curative manner; as a curative.